But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Ver. 25. The Lord of the Lord, &c.] This sentence is the motto of the Dukes of Saxony. (Manlii, loc. com.) See Psalms 119:89. By the word of the Lord understand that which is written in cordibus, non in codicibus; in the heart, not in the book.
Verse 1 Peter 1:25. _BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD_] The doctrine delivered by God concerning Christ endureth for ever, having, at _all times_ and in _all seasons_, the same excellence and the same efficac...
BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD - In Isaiah Isaiah 40:8 “the word of our God.” The sense is not materially varied. ENDURETH FOREVER - Is unmoved, fixed, permanent. Amidst all the revolutions on earth, the fa...
II. THE BLESSINGS AND PRIVILEGES OF ALL BELIEVERS CHAPTER 1:22-2:10 _ 1. The new birth (1 Peter 1:22)_ 2. Spiritual growth (1 Peter 2:1) 3. The privileges of believers as the holy and royal priesth...
1 Peter 1:22 to 1 Peter 2:10. The Christians, who were formerly pagans, are created a new race in Christ Jesus, and consecrated as a special priesthood of service to the whole world. Their life must b...
WORD. Greek. _rhema._ See Mark 9:32. LORD. App-98. ENDURETH. Greek. _meno_. Same as "abide", 1 Peter 1:23. FOR EVER. App-151. The above is quoted from Isaiah 40:6. App-107. which... p
INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOUNDED UPON THE BENEDICTION 1 Peter 1:13 to 1 Peter 2:10 13–25. 13 The new life of hope, faith and privilege to which you have been begotten involves corresponding responsi...
ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΘΈΝ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΩ (G2097) провозглашать благую весть....
THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOR EVER.— The _word_ of God is said to be _incorruptible,_ to be _alive,_ and to _endure for ever,_ because it teaches men the way to life; or, if complied with, begins...
_5. BROTHERLY LOVE 1:22-25_ 1 Peter 1:22-23 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: having be...
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. THE WORD ... IS (RATHER, WAS) PREACHED [ euangelisthen (G2097 )] UNTO YOU. (See Psalms 119...
VERSE 25 BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOREVER. The contrast brought forward in the former verse is now plainly seen. While man is like the _grass,_ and his decay is certain, it is far different...
24 Isa_40:6-8. 4 Our Lord, speaking to the chief priests and elders, told them that the kingdom of God would be taken from them and given to a nation bringing forth its fruits, in proof of which He a...
1:25 eternity. (n-9) See Isaiah 40:6-8 ....
GREETING IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY TRINITY. ENCOURAGEMENT TO HOPE IN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE 1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV 'to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in,' e...
SHEPHERD] suggested by Isaiah 53:6 : cp. Isaiah 40:11 and 1 Peter 5:4; BISHOP] RM 'overseer': cp. Acts 1:20; (AV and RM). The overseer or b
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ INTRODUCTION THE WRITER Peter wrote this letter. He was one of the 12 *apostles. His name was Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42). ‘Pe...
The ‘word of the *Lord’ (God) can refer to the Bible. It also means the good news that God saves people from *sin through Jesus Christ. When people hear or read this good news, it is like a seed that...
(13-25) GENERAL APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING. — This salvation being so magnificent, the Asiatic Hebrews must cling to it tenaciously, in holiness, in reverence caused by consideration of the cost of...
THE WORD WHICH BY THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED. — An incorrect rendering of the original tense. It literally runs, _And this is the word which was preached unto you._ The whole magnificent peroration of thi...
CHAPTER 5 CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD: ITS CHARACTER AND DUTIES 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 2:1 THAT holy lives have been lived in solitude none would venture to dispute, and that devout Christians have found s...
The combination of purification of souls with love of the brotherhood suggests that the temptations to relapses were due to former intimacies and relationships which were not overcome by the spiritual...
τὸ εὐαγγελισθὲν comes from ὁ εὐαγγελιζόμενος Σειὼν of Isaiah 40:9 which the Targum explains as referring to the prophets....
REDEEMED AND PURIFIED 1 Peter 1:13 The appeal for a holy life is enforced by considering the great cost of our redemption and the great hope which is opened before us. Ours must be the girded loins,...
Like the letter of James, the purpose of this was to establish those who were passing through a period of suffering and testing. In his introduction the apostle used the name Jesus had given him, "Pet...
THE TEMPORARY MATERIAL WORLD VERSUS THE ABIDING WORD One would never know it by observing the way people live grasping after all they can find in this material world, but all this is temporary. Peter...
(15) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. (15) Again lest any man should seek that spiritual force and virtue in feigned imaginat...
REFLECTIONS Surely we have reason to bless God for the dispersion of his people, in that so much grace is manifested, and hath been manifested in their recovery. All which proves the original and eter...
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: (18) Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed w...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
_THE ABIDING WORD_ ‘All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And t...
25_But the word of God _The Prophet does not shew what the word of God is in itself, but what we ought to think of it; for since man is vanity in himself, it remains that he ought to seek life elsewhe...
The First Epistle of Peter is addressed to believers among the dispersed of Israel found in those provinces of Asia Minor Which are named in the first Verse; the Second Epistle declares itself to be a...
BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOR EVER,.... Though men die, and ministers of the word too, and everything in the world is uncertain, unstable, fleeting, and passing away, and whatever change has b...
_For all flesh_ Every human creature, _is_ transient and withering _as grass_ The word χορτος, here rendered grass, denotes not only what we generally call _grass_, but all kinds of herbs; and among t...
As the gospel is the appointed means of saving the soul, all should be taught to read it. It should also be preached to all, and they should be allowed and disposed to hear it, especially on the Sabba...
BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOREVER. AND THIS IS THE WORD WHICH BY THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED UNTO YOU. Just as earnestly as the apostle emphasized the necessity of faith and of unwavering trust in...
The quality of Christian love:...
Peter writes with apostolic authority and though it is directly to the dispersed Jewish Christians (strangers both because Jews among Gentiles, and because Christians separated from Jewish relatives),...
_ 1 Peter 1:25 ‘And this is the word which was preached to you'._ Therefore the message which we have heard has eternal meaning. The rewards it promises will come, just like the threats that it also...
17-25 Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit...
BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOR EVER; not only absolutely in itself, and in respect of its perpetual verity, PSALMS 119:160 MATTHEW 24:35; but relatively, as received by and dwelling in believer...
1 Peter 1:25 But G1161 word G4487 LORD G2962 endures G3306 (G5719) forever G1519 G165 Now G1161 this...
‘And this is the word of good tidings which was preached to you.' And this ‘word (rema) of the Lord' is the very word of good tidings that had been preached to his readers and had brought their respon...
BEING BEGOTTEN AGAIN OF THE LIVING AND ETERNAL WORD OF GOD HAS PURIFIED THEIR SOULS IN OBEDIENCE TO THE TRUTH, AND THIS MUST WORK ITSELF OUT IN LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER (1 PETER 1:22). He now outlines wha...
The exhortation to brotherly love, which is next introduced, is not without a living connection with the preceding. The circumspect walk which has been enjoined is a walk such as befits those who are...
1 Peter 1:17. _And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:_ Not in unbelieving fear, but in that...
1 Peter 1:13. _Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;_ This is Peter's practical appli...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,_ It must have been very pleasant to his heart to write those words, not «Peter, who denied his Master,» not Peter, «full of imperfections and infirmit...
1 Peter 1:1. _Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ._ These are his credentials from him who is Prince of the kings of the earth. _To the strangers scattered_ abroad, of whose tragic dispersion we have spo...
REMAINS FOREVER. "Like its _source,_ it is eternal and never loses its power!" THIS IS THE WORD. "This living and eternal word of God is the same Good News brought to you by the preaching of us apostl...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 1:24 Peter cites Isaiah 40:6, Isaiah 40:8 to contrast the weakness of human flesh with the powe
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 1:17. THE FATHER.—Better, “a Father.” God apprehended as Father through our apprehension of the Sonship of Christ. _Plumptre_ reminds us that “the sequel shows...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 1:1 PETER. It is the Greek form of the name, which the Lord Jesus himself had given to the great apostle; first, by anticipation, in the spirit of prophecy (John 1:42); and again...
Tonight let's turn to First Peter chapter one. Of the many disciples that were following Jesus, He chose twelve to be apostles. One of the twelve that was chosen as an apostle was Simon Peter. Simon P...
1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Corinthians 2:2; 1 John 1:1;...
Word of the Lord [ρ η μ α κ υ ρ ι ο υ]. Compare ver. 23, and note that rJhma is used for word, instead of logov; and Kuriov, Lord, instead of Qeov, God, which is the reading of the Hebrew, and of most...
THE BOOK OF BOOKS 1 Peter 1:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is said on one occasion, when Sir Walter Scott was sick, he called his son requesting him to bring him THE book. His son said, "Your library is...
That is, the word of God, the mind of Christ, contained in, and revealed by, the gospel, shall abide and last for ever, and never be abrogated; the word of God is everlasting truth, it is so in its na...